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Album versions
- Regular jewel case CD
- Limited edition featuring an additional DVD (including the making-of)
- Red vinyl in gatefold packaging
- Collectors’ edition featuring CD and 7” vinyl with 2 unreleased tracks, completely hand-signed
Critical reception
The critical reception to this album has been mostly positive, with some critics praising the musicianship and the drumming in particular. [] Others have praised the band for their consistency and for remaining 'one of heavy metal’s most unsung heroes'. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/g/gr/gammaray-tothemetal.htmCharts
| Chart (2010) | Provider | Peak position |
Certification | Sales/ shipments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Albums Chart | IFPI/Media Control | 24 | - | - |
| Greek Albums Chart | 2 | - | - | |
| Finland Albums Chart | 31 | - | - | |
| Sweden Albums Chart | 25 | - | - | |
| Switzerland Albums Chart | 55 | - | - | |
| Belgium Albums Chart | 94 | - | - | |
| France Albums Chart | 96 | - | - |
Personnel
- Kai HansenKai HansenKai Michael Hansen is a power metal guitarist and vocalist.Hansen is the founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray, and the co-founder and former member of German metal band Helloween. He is a prominent figure in power metal, and has sold millions of albums worldwide...
- vocals, guitar - Henjo RichterHenjo RichterHenjo Oliver Richter, in Hamburg, West Germany, is a guitarist and keyboardist in Gamma Ray, the German power metal band formed by Kai Hansen.-Biography:...
- guitar, keyboards - Dirk SchlächterDirk SchlächterDirk Schlächter is the bassist of the power metal band Gamma Ray.- History :Dirk got in touch with music for the first time joining a music school at the age of 8. At the age of 11 he got his first acoustic guitar followed by an electric guitar at the age of 15. At the age of 19 he turned to bass...
- bass, vocals on "No Need to Cry" - Dan ZimmermannDan ZimmermannDaniel Hans Erwin Zimmermann is a heavy metal drummer currently playing in Gamma Ray. Dan joined Gamma Ray in 1997.-With Gamma Ray:*Valley of the Kings *Somewhere Out In Space...
- drums
Credits
- Produced and engineered by: Dirk SchlächterDirk SchlächterDirk Schlächter is the bassist of the power metal band Gamma Ray.- History :Dirk got in touch with music for the first time joining a music school at the age of 8. At the age of 11 he got his first acoustic guitar followed by an electric guitar at the age of 15. At the age of 19 he turned to bass...
, Kai HansenKai HansenKai Michael Hansen is a power metal guitarist and vocalist.Hansen is the founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray, and the co-founder and former member of German metal band Helloween. He is a prominent figure in power metal, and has sold millions of albums worldwide... - Cover Painting by: Hervé Monjeaud